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By Phil Hecken and Jeremy Brahm
[After a brief hiatus, UW Pacific Rim Correspondent Jeremy Brahm is back today to bring to us a look at a sport which doesn't get a lot of play on Uni Watch: Australian Rules Football. I got my first taste of this sport in the nascent days of ESPN, back ...
NHL
As you may have noticed, Grey Flannel Auctions recently signed on as a sponsor — a nice partnership, since I’ve been reporting on their auction items for years. Here are some of the more interesting items from their current auction catalog:
• My favorite item in the entire ...
MLB
Thanks to Phil’s recent “Worst Uni Ever” poll, you’ve seen plenty of Colorado Caribous photos lately. But most of you probably haven’t seen this one .
That shot, along with a bunch more (click on the thumbnails for larger versions), come from this site devoted ...
Soccer
Yes, it’s purple (at least on the front). Yes, it’s two-tone. Yes, it has an abbreviation. Yes, I love it.
Full details over on ESPN . — Paul
NBA
ESPN
New Orleans Hornets
It doesn’t take much to make my day — just genius, transcendence, perfection. Serve me up a tall glass of those and I’m an easy fella to please, ask anyone.
Case in point: Show me a 1956 Portland Beavers jesey and I’ll walk around with a big, goofy smile on my face ...
NFL
The Twins unveiled their new uni set yesterday afternoon, and reader Jeff Barak was on hand to take some photos and get some crucial info. Let’s take a look:
• The new home uni: Pretty much the same as the old one , except they’ve tweaked the insignia (personally, I never liked ...
MLB
Who do those stripe-clad shins at right belong to? As if you didn’t know . That’s me, Scott M.X. Turner, and Phil Hecken engaging in a classic “sock-off” outside Sheep Station during yesterday’s Uni Watch party. Here’s a rundown of who wore what:
• Ryan ...
NFL
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening
First off. A note of apology to Jeremy Brahm , with whom I had collaborated on a HUGE post for today. Somehow…and I’m not sure how…I ended up deleting an ENTIRE post — and his portion is simply too long to recreate now (as I type ...
NCAA Football
By Phil Hecken and Rick Pearson
Well, I’m back again with the master of the early AFL years, Rick Pearson , who is here today to present you the 1961 and 1962 AFL uniforms as they should appear . You will recall the OUTSTANDING post Ricko and Timmy Brulia assisted me with a few weeks ...
NFL
[Editor's Note: Today we're honored to have a guest-written entry from Robert Marshall, who recently went curling with fellow Chicago reader James Huening. -- PL]
By Robert “RPM” Marshall
James “JTH” Huening and I went to the Chicago Curling Club on November 1st ...
Other
Did you know there’s a clinical condition characterized by a fear of vegetables? It’s true ! It’s called lachanophobia, which would make a great name for my blog if I hadn’t already chosen “Uni Watch.”
All of which makes a good introduction to ...
Other
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I wrote pretty regularly for Fast Company magazine
from 2004 through 2007. But I guess they must
not have me in their Rolodex anymore, because nobody told me about this article , which they just posted on their web site (not sure if it’s ...
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‘Why Yes, I Do Think I Could Do Better’
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Two weekends ago I was in Cooperstown, where
Hall of Fame curator Tom Shieber was kind enough
to give a private behind-the-scenes tour to me, Kirsten, and my old college pals Jeff Katz and Ben McTernan. Naturally, I dressed for the occasion ...
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‘If you damage this, I will beat your skull in ...
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Back around 2002, I wrote a column about
collectibles for a magazine too embarrassing to mention. The
column was eventually discontinued because the editor felt I wasn’t coming up with enough “found in the attic” stories — ...
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A Helmet for the Ages
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9 worst header By Phil Hecken & James
Huening Back with my wingman, and UW pollster, James
Huening again today, to bring you our nine finalists in the “Worst. Uni. Ever.” poll. You selected the nominees, and you voted (oh, boy did you vote), and now ...
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And Then There Were Nine
By Phil Hecken
Uni Watch sage in the “venerable veteran” category Rick Pearson posed a semi-question/semi-statement in the comments section this past Thursday, which begat a few responses, but which really raised an excellent point or three, and perhaps something we could and ...
NFL
The stream of info on Nike’s “rivalry uniforms” program, which was supposed to be all hush-hush, went from a trickle to a full-on projectile vomit yesterday, as Florida State caught everyone (or at least me) off-guard by unveiling the superhero costume they’ll be ...
NCAA Football
Nike
I’ve written several times about Earl Battey of the Twins, who in 1963 attached a metal plate to the side of his batting helmet , thereby becoming the first MLB player to wear an earflap .
I’d never seen another player wearing an improvised flap until scrolling through ...
MLB
By now I’m sure most of you have seen Phil’s recent Saturday post in which he invited readers to help create a baseball uni design for a Tennessee high school. What you probably haven’t seen, however, is a comment that reader Scott Misner posted very late that night (I ...
NCAA Basketball
[Editor’s Note: Today we have an excellent guest entry by Ryan Connelly, who tells the tale of a DIY project gone horribly awry. — PL]
By Ryan Connelly
My buddies and I started an ice hockey team and named it the Invaders. Just a low-C, high-B level team that plays other ...
